We know lots about Phillip Schofield. We know he loves a gin and tonic, a good laugh and he’s a passionate fan of Katharine Hepburn.
What we didn’t know is that he’s an absolute legend when it comes to spicy food, which he proved today on This Morning.
All throughout the show – starting with the intro – he was talking up how he was going to eat the world’s hottest crisp, in something called the “One Chip Challenge.”
The tortilla chip in question was packing 1.5 million Scovilles on the official heat scale.
For comparison, a jalapeno pepper holds a measly 3500!
And he’d even teased viewers about the event on Snapchat, showing how there was a sick bucket behind the sofa in case he became ill after eating the crisp.
Three or four times he and Holly took time to talk about the upcoming food challenge, and consult Twitter to see what other people were saying about the spicy task.
And when the time came for Phillip to suck it up and chow down, he didn’t hesitate. He unwrapped the crisp – wearing protective gloves – and shoved it straight in.
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Alison Hammond, on the couch to talk about the upcoming series of I’m A Celebrity, mentioned that if he could go two minutes without milk, water or ice cream, he’d have completed the challenge.
And fans were on the edge of their seat to see if Phil would make it.
However, after just a minute, Holly did a few quick links to camera while Phil began lightly steaming next to her.
And just as it looked like Phil was going to break the two minute barrier, Holly announced that they had run out of time, and would have to update viewers on the outcome tomorrow.
Needless to say people weren’t impressed, having committed two hours to seeing Phil take on the challenge.
One slammed it as “Ridiculous” while another wrote: “Awww nooo @thismorning you can’t finish like [that] I really hope @schofe sets a new record”.
Some thought he was a legend for even trying the challenge though…
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We’re gutted to have missed out on seeing the aftermath of Phil’s challenge! Hopefully there’ll be an update tomorrow. In the meantime, hope you’re OK Phil – you were very brave!